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Out with the red; in with the blue

By BILL ADAIR and WES ALLISON
Published December 31, 2006

Don't get caught in last year's dogma! With Democrats taking control of Congress, what was clever and fashionable in 2006 may be tired and boorish in 2007. Mindful of the need to keep readers on the cutting edge, Bill Adair and Wes Allison of the Times Washington Bureau offer their assessment of what's out and in for 2007.

Out: Stay the course. In: Cut and run

Out: Lee Greenwood. In: Bono

Out: Hannity. In: Colmes

Out: Club for Growth. In: Sierra Club

Out: Abstinence. In: Condoms

Out: Jeb! In: Hillary!

Out: Karl Rove. In: Howard Dean

Out: K Street. In: Main Street

Out: Mayberry. In: Hollywood

Out: Fretting over estate tax. In: Fretting over global warming

Out: SUVs. In: Hybrids

Out: Big oil. In: Olive oil

Out: Texas California

Out: The Federalist Society. In: The Wilderness Society

Out: Logging. In: Trees

Out: Big Business. In: Big Labor

Out: Mister Speaker. In: Madame Speaker

Out: White men. In: Everyone else

Out: Overlooking. In: Oversight

Out: Wal-Mart. In: Target

Out: Six days. In: Billions of years

Out: Embryos. In: Stem cells

Out: Mel Gibson. In: Alec Baldwin

Out: Talk radio. In: NPR

Out: Defense Department. In: State Department

Out: Moneyed conservative elite. In: Moneyed liberal elite

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